22 Abraham Maslow Quotes for You to Enjoy

Abraham Maslow

American Psychologist

Born: Apr 1, 1908

Died: Jun 8, 1970

Being Good Human Being Man Will You

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What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself. Abraham Maslow

Change Awareness Himself His Person Necessary

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. Abraham Maslow

Failure Man King Own Sense Live Every Possibilities Must Only Rival Failing Like Up Therefore Every Man Treated

The science of psychology has been far more successful on the negative than on the positive side... It has revealed to us much about man's shortcomings, his illnesses, his sins, but little about his potentialities, his virtues, his achievable aspirations, or his psychological health. Abraham Maslow

Positive Health Man Science Achieve Negative Side Virtues Has-Been About More Revealed Been His Sins Than Psychological Psychology Shortcomings Little Far Us Much Successful Aspirations Illnesses

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Abraham Maslow

Good People Behavior Will Feelings Affection Secure Security Give Fact

Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege. Abraham Maslow

Work You Money School Society Status Takes Perform Doing Sake Privilege Grades Rewards Form Which Dislike Means External

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. Abraham Maslow

Women Men Men And Women Selling Human Short Story Race Themselves Human Race

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication. Abraham Maslow

Thoughts Communication Human Being Sometimes Behavior Language Defense Way Hiding Preventing Concealing Motives Human Being Your

I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane. Abraham Maslow

Insane Out Find Go Curious Why

With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It's made up of pioneers, the beginners. That's where the action is. Abraham Maslow

Rioting is a childish way of trying to be a man, but it takes time to rise out of the hell of hatred and frustration and accept that to be a man you don't have to riot. Abraham Maslow

Time You Man Frustration Hatred Childish Hell Way Out Be A Man Riot Rioting Rise Takes Accept Trying

All the evidence that we have indicates that it is reasonable to assume in practically every human being, and certainly in almost every newborn baby, that there is an active will toward health, an impulse towards growth, or towards the actualization. Abraham Maslow

Health Human Being Will Active Every Assume Baby Evidence Almost Toward Towards Practically Human Impulse Being Newborn Certainly Reasonable Growth

What we need is a system of thought - you might even call it a religion - that can bind humans together. A system that would fit the Republic of Chad as well as the United States: a system that would supply our idealistic young people with something to believe in. Abraham Maslow

Religion You Together People Thought Young Believe Our States System Would Something Supply Idealistic Well Call Fit Republic Young People Might Chad Even Bind United United States Humans Need

If I were a Negro, I'd be fighting, as Martin Luther King fought, for human recognition and justice. I'd rather go down with my flag flying. If you're weak or crippled, or you can't speak out or fight back in some way, then people don't hesitate to treat you badly. Abraham Maslow

You Justice Fight People Speak Treat King Fighting Down Back Hesitate Way Flying Crippled Weak Recognition Out Some Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Rather Badly Go Were Flag Human Then Fought Luther

Human nature is not nearly as bad as it has been thought to be. Abraham Maslow

Nature Thought Human Nature Has-Been Bad Been Human Nearly

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth. Abraham Maslow

Truth Passion Objectivity Real Itself Dispassionate

You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends. Abraham Maslow

Good You Man Sickness Respecting See Neurosis Toward Most Inefficient Understand Effort Psychiatrists Ends Might Compassionate Below

We may define therapy as a search for value. Abraham Maslow

Value Define May Therapy Search

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